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It is not yet known, whether the film playback singer and Carnatic musician, Nithyasree's husband Mahadevan had left any note before he allegedly committed suicide on Thursday. But the police began thorough inquiry as to what had led Mr Mahadevan, an Engineer by profession in a Central Government to take such an extreme step. In an inquiry made, it came to the light that Mahadevan became depressed, due to his dear mother suddenly passing away some months ago. Since then, Mahadevan had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital, it is said. The police had inquired with some of the relatives of Nithyasree to find out was there any enmity between the Playback singer and Mahadevan. Further investigations are on.

Murthy (26), Murugan (42) and Surya (42), all the three said to be fans of actor Kamal Hassan were arrested for allegedly threatening film producer and actor Rajan through several phone calls when the producer joined hands with other film producers opposing the move of Kamal's screening of Vishwaroopam film through DTH, eight hours before the release of the film in cinema halls. The director who met the police commissioner recently in a complaint has stated that some unanimous calls had threatened him, for opposing the Kamal's idea. The police who were on toes following the complaint of the producer, made a track of the phone calls and arrested the three hailed from Hosur.

Eminent Carnatic Musician and Film Playback Singer Nithyasree's husband Mahadevan committed suicide by jumping into a river near Kotturpuram on Thursday morning. The real reason for the suicide of the playback singer's husband is not yet known, however, some public who were watching the victim getting down from his car, jumped into the river. The people raised alarm, but before he could be saved from the river, he died. It is said, that the playback singer Nithyasree also consumed over dosage of sleeping pills, after she came to know about her husband's death. But this was strongly refused by the family members of the singer. Some say, that the playback singer herself visited the spot from where Mahadevan jumped into the river and cried herself louder in public on seeing her husband's body being fished out from the river. Nithyasree has been a good singer of carnatic music and is grand daughter of eminent Carnatic music singer D.K.Pattammal. Nithyasree has ...

It is after Karnan, the producers of the Rajinikanth starter Sivaji has been changed into 3 D version has been released in more than 12 cinema halls of Chennai and it may be released in 20 theaters throughout Tamil Nadu. It is hoped that the Sivaj had brought laurels and full of collections to the theaters which had released earlier, is now taking in a new dimension. The sound of the film at theaterical atomosphere, it is expected, would woo a lot of fans and other film viewers to cinema halls. Similarly, the Sivaji Ganesan starrer which ran in city theaters had brought tremendous collections with always hanging "House Full" boards. If Karnan has brought tremendous impact among film viewers which was acted by Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan, then the film which titled as Sivaji would also follow the suit, it is expected.

 Producer Bharathi Raja has supported the single preview show of Vishwaroopam, in DTH,eight hours before its release in cinema halls. The producer and director is of the view that the preview show on DTH platforms price of Rs.1000 ahead of the release would help for spreading the news of how good the film was. Producer A.Kothandaraman also known as KR said that a film of this scale with Rs.95 crore budget would require other streams of revenue to cover costs, especially since Kamal Hassan was not demanding Minimum Guarantee (MG). Kamal says the question of  MG would come into play when he was not confident about his product.

Kamal is firm on his decision of screening and releasing his Vishwaroopam on the DTH platform. The actor is keen on to introduce the film in pay-per-view mode on direct-to-home (DTH) networks on the day of its release made in cinema halls. Mr Kamal is of the opinion that by screening the film Vishwaroopam through the DTH, one could come to know about the film from the spot judgments and associated anxieties. The actor who participated in a function on Sunday said that the digital scanner should be seen as opening new avenues for revenues for cinema at a time when the video piracy was spoiling the industry by creating heavy loss to the producers. The screener would be a one-time affair priced at Rs.1000. When asked the actor clarified 'the encoded content of the movie will not be stored in DTH set-top boxes after it was viewed. The actor is of the opinion that the majority of the people would be interested viewing the film in cinema halls with the world-class-technology, a...

Tamil Nadu Theater Owners' Federation President Abirami Ramanathan has appealed to Ulaganayagan Kamal Hassan to give up the idea of screening of Vishwaroopam on the first day of its release. The idea of Kamal Hassan to exhibit the Vishwaroopam on the first-day through the DTH system has been opposed by the members of the the Tamil Nadu Theaters Owners Federation as they felt that it would affect the collection of cinema halls. The Federation's president Abirami Ramanathan said that the actor Kamal Hassan who briefed the Federation members about the only one show that would be telecast through the DTH would woo most of the viewers to theaters. A fee of Rs.1000 would be collected from the persons who wished to enjoy the film on the day of its release and this would in no way affect the collection theaters screening the Vishwaroopam. " Though Kamal has said this to us, we are in no way satisfied with the statement he had made " said Abirami Ramanathan. Mr Raman...

Actress Vidya Balan is getting married on December 14. The actress is going to marry Siddharth Roy Kapur, who is a social activist and also the Managing Director of UTV. Though only a couple of days are left for the actor's marriage, there seems no sign of  announcement about the marriage publicly. It has been said that the reception of the married couple will be taking place in Chennai. The actress belonged to the native of Ottapalam, Kerala and studied in Mumbai University. She has won Filmfare Awards and Screen Awards for four times.

Now the date for the release of the Vishwaroopam album has been fixed on December 7th. The cast and crew of the film produced by Raj Kamal Films International, will participate at two different functions to be held simultaneously in Madurai Velammal College grounds and Hindustan College Grounds in Coimbatore, sources said. Originally, it was planned to release the album on November 7 last, but the sources confirmed that it would take place only on December 7th Friday. It was expected that the birthday celebrations of Kamal Hassan's ( Nov.7 ) would go along with the release of the album. But, it did not take place. Actors Andrea Jermiah, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and Shekar Kapoor who form the core cast of the film will all take part in the audio-release function. The music of the film has been scored by the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics of the film.

Mrs Sneha Prasanna  eagerly waits for the release of Haridas film in which she has done a wonderful role. She feels that the role in the film would fetch her name and fame. In  an informal chat, the actress said, she has been actively engaged in the shootings for advertisements and the release of the Haridas film should not be treated as a comeback to acting in films.  " I have come to acting after seven months, spending happily, the married life with Prasanna, however,  I have kept busy myself with acting in some product-development films" said the actress who appeared in a cheerful mood. Actor Kishore is appearing is the hero of the Haridas, directed by G.N.R.Kumaravelan and music directed by Vijay Antony.    Prithviraj Das, Soori and Pradeep Rawat and other leading artistes appear in the film.